Replicating data to a storage system that has an inferred trust relationship with a client

A system for replicating data to a storage system that has an inferred trust relationship with a client, the system configured for:

• receiving, by a first storage system from a computing device, data encrypted using a first encryption key;
• storing, on the first storage system, the data encrypted using a second encryption key;
• sending, from the first storage system to the second storage system, the data, wherein the first storage system has determined that the second storage is trusted by the computing device;
• and
• servicing, by the second storage system, an input/output (‘I/O’) operation directed to the data.

A storage system for replicating data to a storage system that has an inferred trust relationship with a client, the storage system including a computer memory and a computer processor, the computer memory including computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause a storage system to carry out the steps of:

• receiving, from a computing device, data encrypted using a first encryption key;
• storing the data encrypted using a second encryption key;
• sending, to a second storage system, the data, wherein the storage system has determined that the second storage is trusted by the computing device;
• and
• servicing an input/output (‘I/O’) operation directed to the data.